MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 44.65,-99.78 Latitude: 44.65 Longitude: -99.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 62 1 950 517 SFC 947 548 30.2 20.7 57 9.5 23.3 180 15 308.2 311.3 298.3 358.1 16.48 3 900 995 23.8 19.0 75 4.7 20.4 184 19 306.0 308.9 297.3 352.8 15.59 4 850 1493 19.6 18.0 91 1.6 18.5 203 26 306.7 309.6 297.3 353.2 15.47 5 800 2017 19.9 17.5 86 2.4 18.2 194 44 312.3 315.4 299.0 361.3 15.92 6 750 2572 18.0 6.1 46 11.9 10.7 198 44 316.1 317.6 294.6 341.0 7.92 7 700 3159 14.2 3.6 49 10.6 7.9 209 40 318.3 319.6 294.6 340.9 7.11 8 650 3779 9.6 -2.5 42 12.2 3.2 225 34 319.9 320.8 293.2 335.7 4.89 9 600 4437 4.5 -15.0 23 19.5 -3.3 242 28 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.1 1.99 10 550 5136 -1.9 -15.8 34 13.9 -7.2 249 25 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.6 2.02 11 500 5884 -8.8 -19.3 42 10.5 -12.2 246 25 322.3 322.6 291.1 328.0 1.65 12 450 6689 -15.8 -24.5 47 8.7 -18.1 245 25 323.3 323.6 291.0 327.4 1.17 13 400 7564 -22.0 -33.4 35 11.4 -24.1 256 29 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.4 0.57 14 350 8531 -29.3 -37.3 46 8.1 -30.4 255 30 329.3 329.4 292.0 330.9 0.44 15 300 9613 -37.8 -44.4 50 6.6 -38.4 249 32 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.25 16 250 10843 -47.3 -56.0 36 8.7 -47.7 260 32 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.08 17 200 12288 -54.6 -65.0 27 10.4 -54.9 254 27 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14130 -54.2 -80.2 3 26.0 -54.6 254 26 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16678 -59.6 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 190 13 412.6 412.6 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.20 m Freezing level: 565.11 mb = 4925.07 m = 16158.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.30 mb = 4097.84 m = 13444.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.69 % Est. max temperature: 34.56 C = 94.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.07 mb = 1750.00 m = 5741.40 ft T: 19.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 33.25 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.46 mb = 2937.53 m = 9637.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.38 C = 102.88 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: -7.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: -6.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.23 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 26.83 C K Index: 35.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 527.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2893.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 205.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.01 mb = 1656.82 m = 5435.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.01 mb = 4049.22 m = 13284.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.01 mb = 12997.83 m = 42643.27 ft B at Equ Level: 2854.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.5 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 248.5 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 215.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.78 Bulk Rich Number: 58.62 Bulk Shear: 49.36 m/s